Well, put it this way. One commented on the lack of an anti-war sentiment. And had issue with the fact that OMG they were fighting the Persians! OMG, Iran peoples!! There is a lot of ott hate too. Which, fine, not my thing either but what else is left if you've got 2 hours or whatever to have a Battle of Thermopylae? It's pretty much just strategy and violence. Which, well, I don't see the point of trying to make a movie about it, but that's why I hate it.

The New York Times review of 300 is kind of hilarious. ("The Persians, pioneers in the art of facial piercing, have vastly greater numbers — including ninjas, dervishes, elephants, a charging rhino and an angry bald giant — but the Spartans clearly have superior health clubs and electrolysis facilities.")

Also, breaking news, Salma Hayek is pregnant. But what gets me is, she's also 40! Damn, she looks good. [link]

I guess if I thought about it, Salma Hayek looks mid-thirties. But 40! And admits it! She rules.

Speaking of NYT movie reviews, I heard Host was good, but goddamn if I could tell either way from the review there. Utter gibberish.

Salma Hayek is 40?? WTF! How many virgins do you have to exsanguinate to look like that at 40? I thought she was like 32.

My brother is torturing me. He keeps sending me negative reviews of 300.

I was going to say. There is no need to get into politics to hate that movie. The whole "I am going into batle with no armor on! Also, I think leather underpants are awesome -- they breathe so well!!" issue is a big non-starter, for me.

40? Wow. I guess 40 is the new 30.

Dear Yahoo:

I hate you. You crash my browser every time. I will avoid you forever.

I do sometimes wonder how old I look -- I had someone recently say (in a professional setting) that I was "so young!" to have the job I do. Well, not really -- I've been doing this ten years, and the job is basically middle management. I didn't ask how old she thought I was.

I kind of loved the NY Times review, though.

Allegory hunters will find some gristly morsels of topicality tossed in their direction, but you can find many of the same themes, conveyed with more nuance and irony, in a Pokémon cartoon.

I have recently started to feel like I look a little old. I really need to figure out how to do something with my skin other than occasional washing (with Ivory soap no less) and even more occasional moisturizing. Because having wrinkles and pimples at the same time is no fair.

The first sentence of the Chicago Sun-Times review of 300

"If you thought "Gladiator" was a bit too stingy with the bloodshed, if you felt "Sin City" could have been more stylized…"